Improvement in water-closet valvular apparatus



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JOHN KEANE, 0E NEW- YonK, AssieNon To HIMsELE AND GEORGE n.

BROWN, OF MILBROOK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 105,217, dated July 12, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ODDSET VALVULAR APPARATUS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame -b-- I To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN KEANE, ofthe city,

county, and State of. New York, have invented anew and usefulImprovement in Water-closet Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspeciiication.

' This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for governing theflow ofwater to and from the basins of water-closets, having moreespecial reference to a water-closet apparatus for which Letters Patentwere granted me, bearing date the 25th of May, 1869, and numbered90,453; and

The invention' consists in the supply-valve, and in the manner in whichit is operated and governed, and in the combination of parts ashereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing-A Figure l represents a vertical section ofthe apparatus through ythe line a: :c of g. 2.

Figure 2 is a top or plan View.

Figure 3 is a detailed view of the sliding device for opening andclosing the pan.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the bed-plate of the apparatus upon which the operatingparts aresupported.

B isthe lever which is attached to the stern of the supply-valve.

C represents the supply-valve.

D is the supply-pipe.

E is the discharge-pipe, both'of which are connected with the shell ofthe valve.

The valve O is double acting, and .oscillates so as to altemately openand close the pipes E D. *It is operated by means of its stem, and `itsfaces close the lwater-pipes as it is oscillated by the action of theever.

li is the valve-chamber.

G is the valve-stem.

H is a retarding cylinder, the piston I of which is connected with-thelever by the rod J. The cylinder H contains liquid of any suitable kind,which liquid, as the piston descends, is forced through the smallchannel K, and discharged above the piston.

L is a cockby which the iiow of liquid from beneath the piston isregulated.

M is a weight on the lever.

N is a slotted stand on the bed A.

`O lis a slide which works in the slot I of' the stand.

Q is a catch or button under which the end 1t oi the lever catches whenthat end of the lever is dcpressed, as seen in iig. 1.

S is a spiral spring which bears upward against the lever with aconstant pressure, but its principal duty is to steady the downwardmotion of the lever and prevent concussion. l

Near the end of the lever, T represents a socket which receives theendof an upright rod. Upon the upper end of this rod the seat of thewater-closet bears, so that the weight of a person using the ,closet orsitting 011 the seat will depress the shut endj of the lever, or bringit into the position seen in fig.- lv.-l This action catches the vend 1tunder the button Q, and closes the supply-pipe D. The liquid in theretarding cylinder H has returned by its own gravity tothe. lower partof the cylinder beneath the piston.

The pan or valve beneath the seat is closed, and

the apparatus remains in this position as long as the person using thecloset remains on'tlie seat.

.When the person rises from the scat, the long end of the lever beginsto descend and the short end to NVhen the slide O has been raised by theshort end of the lever a certain distance, the end R slips 'from thebutton Q, and the pan or valve, which had been dropped at thecommencement of the movement, is closed by the descent of the slide.After this, the wash continues until the valve closes the pipe E, whenthe apparatus is at rest.

By the arrangement shown, the apparatus is entirely automatic initsiaetion, or is operated by the weight of the person onthe seat.

I do not conne myself strictly to an automatic ap paratus, that is,.toan apparatus where the pan or valve beneath the seat or at the bottom ofthe hop per is opened and closed by the action of the level',

but I design to embrace and combine other essential features of myinvention in any form of water-closet apparatus which I may findadvisable.

'lhe double-acting oscillating valve() I esteem a new and essentialfeature of such apparatus. By its use I am enabled to dispense with onelever, and to otherwise greatly simplify my patented apparatus, and,consequently, to lessen the expense.

The advantages secured by these improvements must be obvious to all whoare acquainted with the subject.

Having thus described my invent-ion,

I claim as,new and desire to secure -by Letters Patent-n 1. InAcombination with an inlet-pipe, D, and outlet-pipe E, the Valve O,constructed and 'arranged to operate within the chamber F, substantiallyas dewith the valve G, spring S, and lever B, provided scribed, for thepurpose specified. with the socket .1, and engaging with the tripping de2. lhe combination ofthe lever B, valve C, and vice Q O, each of said.lparts being`construeted and tripping device Q O, substantially as hereinshown all arranged as set forth.

aud described. J OHN KEANE.

3. The combination of the retarding cylinder H with the valve C, andlever for operating the lat-ter, Witnesses:

substantially as described. GEO. W. MABEE,

4. The combination of the rctarding cylinder H l a ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

